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diff --git a/development/ciforth/README b/development/ciforth/README new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..70c0008ad2 --- /dev/null +++ b/development/ciforth/README @@ -0,0 +1,17 @@ +lina is the Linux native (= c-less) version of ciforth (common Intel +Forth), an interpret environment and compiler for Forth. It is +(large and by) compliant with the ISO Forth standard; the CORE +wordset is fully implemented. The small, classic, indirect threaded +kernel contains the essential, i.a. file access and exceptions. Its +power is multiplied by an extensive source library, that add i.a. +a decompiler and integrated 386 assembler. It is fully self +contained; if you want to understand a compiler in all details, +this is your best, if not only, choice. ciforth sports the highest +documentation to binary proportion in the EDP industry, barring +m4 on Coherent. + +For nicer command-line experience (electives loaded instantly, +history, cursor keys etc.) you may want to add the following line +to your ~/.bashrc file: + + alias lina='rlwrap lina -e' |